The Cry of the Sea is about the struggle of a mother, Yaye Bayam Diouf, who lost her only son in a dugout (or boat) for the Canary Islands. Today, all her life in Thiaroye sur Mer is devoted to fighting against clandestine immigration. The Cry of the Sea is also a heartfelt cry, a singular point of view of a scourge that has claimed the lives of more than 3000 young Senegalese